English

Etymology
From Greek �κά�διο� (akardios) + -ac after cardiac.

Adjective
acardiac

#medicine Lacking a heart.
#*1831: Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, p. 76
#*:The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac f�tuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.
Derived terms
acardiac twin
acardiac twinning
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